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H. H. Kopmaii (1915) states that the catbird reaches southern Loui- 

 siana about September 10 and becomes abundant shortly after Sep- 

 tember 20. By the early part of November most of them have passed 

 on. C. W. Beckham ( 1887) , writing of the catbird at its winter home in 

 Louisiana, states that it is of retiring habits and exclusively a denizen 

 of the woods and dense thickets and so few know of its presence. 



William Brewster (1882b) states that in the South the local birds 

 do not mix with the strangers. When seen the catbirds occur in flocks 

 in the timber. 



During January 1928 I saw two catbirds on a banana plantation at 

 iNIonte Verde, Costa Rica, and it gave me a real thrill to see these 

 friends so far from home. They seemed preoccupied in searching for 

 food as they worked through and about the vegetation in the neigh- 

 borhood of the plantation house. The catbirds were seen for several 

 days, but at no time did I hear them sing or even utter a simple note. 

 They seemed to keep aloof of the resident birds of that tropical 

 environment. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Southern Canada to Panama. 



Bleeding range. — The catbird breeds north to southern British 

 Columbia (Bella Coola and Soda Creek) ; central Alberta (Belvedere 

 and Edmonton) ; Saskatchewan (Carlton House and Prince Albert) ; 

 southern Manitoba (Lake St. Martin, Shoal Lake, and Lake of the 

 Woods) ; southern Ontario (Kenora, Sault Ste. Marie, Lake Nipis- 

 sing, and Ottawa) ; southern Quebec (Blue Sea Lake and Quebec) ; 

 New Brunswick (Woodstock and Fredericton) ; possibly Prince 

 Edward Island (Stewarts Mill) ; and Nova Scotia (Wolfville and 

 Pictou) . East to Nova Scotia (Pictou and Halifax) and the Atlantic 

 Coast States south to North Carolina (Raleigh and Wilmington) ; 

 western South Carolina (Spartanburg and Greenwood; two records 

 from Charleston) ; and Georgia (20 miles above Savannah). South 

 to central Georgia (20 miles above Savannah, and Macon) ; central 

 Alabama (Montgomery) ; also a few in north-central Florida (Wa- 

 keenah, Gainesville, and Dade City) ; Mississippi (Jackson and Ed- 

 wards; also occasionally on the coast) ; northern Louisiana (Monroe 

 and Shreveport) ; northeastern Texas (Huntsville, Corsicana, and 

 Dallas) ; Oklahoma (Norman and Kenton) ; northern New Mexico 

 (Santa Fe). West to central northern New Mexico (Santa Fe and 

 Rinconado) ; western Colorado (Fort Lewis and Grand Junction) ; 

 central northern Utah (Provo and Ogden) ; eastern Oregon (French- 

 glen, Harney County, La Grande, and Weston) ; Washington (Pres- 

 cott, Pullman, and Lake Chelan ; also has occurred at Bellingham) ; 

 and British Columbia (Chilliwack and Bella Coola). The catbird is 

 resident in Bermuda. 



